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POLK COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Reduced patrols in Polk County are noticeably impacting response times to 911 calls in the area. In some cases, a deputy won’t even show up.

Polk County Sheriff Bob Wolfe said the decreased response times could be putting people’s lives in danger.

“When you have situations where people have someone that is shooting a gun and setting a house on fire and we have to call a deputy out of bed, it takes him an additional 30 minutes just to get to scene,” said Wolfe.